Outboard motor package



1961 P. F. BOEYE ET AL 3,006,462

OUTBOARD MOTOR PACKAGE Filed Dec. 3, 1959 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG.! 24 2e 20 F169 1 I FIG. IO

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OUTBOARD MOTOR PACKAGE Filed Dec. 5, 1959 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 22 FIG.2 so

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J 42 FIG. 4 3o- INVENTORS PAUL FZBOEYE AND ROGER A. SOR ENSEN.

ATTORNEYS Oct. 31, 1961 P. F. BOEYE ET AL 3,006,462

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INVENTORS PAUL F.BOEYE AND ROGER A.SORENSEN gm ATTORNEYS United States Patent Ofiice 3,006,462 Patented Oct. 31, 1961 3,006,462 OUTBOARD MOTOR PACKAGE Paul F. Boeye, Mound, and Roger A. Sorensen, St. Paul, Minn., assignors to Northwestern Corrugated Box (30., Minneapolis, Minn, a corporation of Minnesota Filed Dec. 3, 1959, Ser. No. 857,040 4 Claims. (Cl. 20646) The herein disclosed invention relates to outboard motor packages and has :for an object to provide a construction which will be inexpensive to manufacture and light in weight.

Another object of the invention resides in providing a motor package in which the parts can be readily assembled and by means of which the motor is held from movement and protected during shipment.

An object of the invention resides in utilizing a carton with a wrapper constructed from a single sheet of corrugated or solid paper board extending completely about the motor and having certain walls spaced from certain walls of the carton.

A feature of the invention resides in providing openings in the denoted walls of the wrapper and through which supporting members engaging the motor may extend to engage the corresponding walls of the carton.

Another object of the invention resides in providing a stand engageable with the substructure of the motor and on which the substructure rests when the motor is disposed within the carton.

Other objects of the invention reside in the novel combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter illustrated and/ or described.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is an elevational longitudinal sectional view of a motor and wrapper therefor illustrating an embodiment of the invention.

FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 are plan sectional views taken on lines 2, 3 and 4 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a developed view of the blank from which the wrapper is constructed.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are developed views of the blanks from which the stand is constructed.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the stand removed from the package.

FIGS. 9 and 10 are developed views of the blanks from which the cavitation plates pad is constructed.

FIG. 11 is a developed view of the blank from which the tank wall structure is constructed.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the wall structure erected and detached from the package.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, an ordinary outboard motor A has been shown in the drawings. This motor comprises a motor housing 10 and a drive shaft housing 11 depending therefrom. The engine proper, which has not been disclosed in the drawings, is disposed in the motor housing 10 and likewise the drive shaft driven thereby is disposed in the housing 11 and is geared to a propeller shaft, not illustrated, and which is contained in a propeller shaft case 14 forming part of the drive shaft housing 11. The propeller 13 is attached to the propeller shaft and driven thereby. Issuing downwardly from the propeller shaft case 14 is a skeg 15 while above the same are positioned two cavitation plates 16 which are disposed one on each side of the housing 11. All of this construction has been referred to as the substructure of the motor. The motor may be handled by means of a handle 17 issuing rearwardly from the housing 11 and disposed beyond the rearward portion of said housing. A shroud 18 fits on the housing 11 and encloses the upper portion of the motor. Attached to the drive shaft housing 11 are clamps 19 by means of which the motor may be pivotally mounted on the transom of the boat with which it is to be used. The motor A further includes a gasoline tank 12 of usual construction.

The package proper indicated by the reference character B consists of an ordinary carton 20 which is constructed of corrugated or solid paper board and has side walls 21, a back rear wall 22, a front wall 23, and top 28 and a bottom 29 constructed from flaps 24, 25, 26 and 27. These flaps overlie one another in the customary manner and are secured together by gluing or otherwise. The size of the carton 20 is such that the motor to be packaged fits fairly snugly within the same as shown in FIG. 1.

The package further includes a wrapper 30 which is formed from a blank 31 of corrugated or solid board shown in FIG. 5 having upper and lower edges 58 and 57. This blank is of a height to fit within the carton 20 leaving sufiicient space for a cover 32 resting upon the upper edge 58 of the same. The blank 61 is formed with four transverse scores 33, 34, 35 and 36 dividing the blank into panels 37, 38 and 39 and flaps 41 and 42. The panels 37 and 39, when the blank is folded up, forms sidewalls 43 for the wrapper and the panel 38 a front wall 45. The flaps 41 and 42 when brought together form a rear wall 44.

Formed in the panels 37 and 39 are openings 46 which receive a wood bar 47 on which the clamps 19 of motor A may be clamped. Attached to the inner surface of the panels 37 and 39 are upright wood reinforcing members 48 and 49 and a rearwardly extending horizontal reinforcing member 51. The members 48, 49 and 51 are glued to the panels 37 and 39 and butt up against the bar 47 which extends through the openings 46. The reinforcing members 51 extend up to the panel 38 forming the front wall '45 While the reinforcing members 48 and 49 fall short of the lower edges of the blank 31 to give a cushioning effect in the event that the package is dropped on its bottom.

The panels 37 and 39 of the blank '31 are further formed with two openings 52 which lie close to the scores 33 and 36 and which receive an elongated pad 50. This pad is constructed of a number of sheets of corrugated paper board or similar material glued together in the shape of a bar and extends through the openings 52. This pad has a socket 55 in the same which receives the end of the handle 17 and assists in restraining swinging movement of the motor.

The panels 37 and 39 of the blank 31 are also formed with horizontal slots 56 disposed below the openings 52 and adjacent the scores 33 and 36. These slots receive a pad 60 made up of several laminations of corrugated board glued together. The said pad is made from inner laminations 61 shown in FIG. 9 which have sufficiently large openings 62 to receive the two cavitation plates 16 of the motor. Other laminations 63 are employed such as shown in FIG. 10 and which have slots 64 overlying the openings 62 and centered with respect thereto. These slots receive the propeller shaft housing proper at the locality of the cavitation plates 16. When assembled, the pad 60 is formed with a cavity 65 which receives said cavitation plates. The end of the said pad butts up against the rear wall 44 of the wrapper 30.

The lower portion of the substructure of the motor rests upon a stand best shown in FIG. 8. This stand consists of a U-shaped supporting member 71 constructed of a blank 72 formed of corrugated board in the shape shown in FIG. 7. This blank is of a height less than the distance of the pad 60 from the bottom 29 of the carton 30 and of a length to extend beyond the case 14 and over a portion of the propeller 13 and skeg 15 when bent about said case and skeg. The blank 72 is formed with a number of pairs of vertical kerfs 73 form 3 ing tabs 74 therebetween. The said tabs when folded back provide slots in which a vertical pad 75 may be disposed. This pad consists of a number of laminations 7g of corrugated board glued together, one of which is shown in FIG. e. These laminations have vertical kerfs 77 adapted to receive the portions 78 of the blank 72 opposite the tabs 74 to permit of assembling the structure as shown in FIG. 8. The laminations 76 further have openings 7? in the same which receive the propeller shaft case 14 and a portion ofthe hub 54 of propeller 13.. The said pad fits in between the blades of the propeller and the skeg 15 and restrains movement of the stand 70 with reference to the substructure of the motor.

To house the gasoline tank 12 and retain the same in proper position within the wrapper 30, a U-shaped wall structure 80 is employed which is best shown in FIGS. 2, 3, l1 and 12. This wall structure is constructed from a blank 81 shown in FIG. 11 and which has transverse scores 82, '83, 84 and '85. These scores divide the blank into panels forming a rear wall 86, side walls 87 and 88 and flaps 89. When folded as shown in FIG. 13, the flaps 89 are adapted to engage the reinforcing members 49 as shown in FIG. 4 to house and tank and hold the same in position within the Wrapper 39.

The method of using the invention is as follows: The cartons 21 are erected and the flaps 26 and 27 thereof glued together to form the bottom 29. Flaps 24 and 25 are left unattached leaving the carton open at the top. The shroud 18 of the motor A is first removed and the motor supported from the hoist of a traveling crane by means of a suitable hanger formed on the motor proper and not shown in the drawings. While so positioned, the bar 47 is clamped in position by means of the clamps 19 of the motor and the pads 54 and 60 applied to the handle 17 and the cavitation plates 16. Also stand 70 is assembled and applied to the substructure of the motor with the pad 75 embracing the propeller shaft case 14 and the V-shaped supporting member 71 engaging the skeg 15 and said propeller shaft case. These parts are constructed sufficiently tight so that the stand will be frictionally held in position on the substructure of the motor. The wrapper 30 is next wrapped around the motor and the two flaps 41 and 42 brought together in overlying position. These flaps are then secured together by gluing or adhesive tape in the customary manner so that the same form the rear wall 44 of the wrapper. The parts are so arranged that the rear wall fits within the sides 21 of the carton. The wrapper is so constructed that the front and rear walls 44 .and 45 thereof lie adjacent the front 2 3 and back 22 of the carton proper. As the wrapper is applied to the motor, the bar 47 is inserted in the holes 46 in the Wrapper and the pads 50 and 60 inserted in the holes 52 and slots 56 in the wrapper. The front wall 45 of the wrapper is lower than the front 23 of the carton so that the side walls 43 of the wrapper become spaced from the sides 21 of the carton. However, the bar 47 and the pads 50 and 60 are of a length such that the same fit snugly between the sides 21 of the carton. The motor is then hoisted above the ground sufficiently to permit of inserting the wall structure 84) in position and the flaps 89 thereof brought into engagement with the edges of the reinforcing members 49 applied to the side walls 43 of the wrapper, the arrangement being best shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The gasoline tank 12 is next inserted in between the front wall 45 of the wrapper and the rear wall '86 of the wall structure 80. When so disposed, the tank fits snugly between the rear wall 45 and the wall structure 80 and is frictionally held in position. The assembled structure is now further raised above the floor level until the bottom of the wrapper extends above the top of the carton. The assembled structure is now lowered into the carton until the lowermost edge 57 of the wrapper rests upon the bottom 29 of the carton and until the stand 70 likewise rests upon said bottom. After the motor and wrapper are in proper position, the shroud 18 is applied. If desired, however, the shroud may be omitted and packaged in a separate package. Cover 32 is next applied which rests on the upper edge 58 of the wrapper 3t and which engages the walls of the carton. Flaps 24 and 25 are now folded over and glued together and the assembled structure is ready for shipment.

The advantages of the invention are manifest. A single piece wrapper is employed which is easy to handle and which completely encircles the motor. All of the openings are accurately formed on the single blank from which the wrapper is constructed and the parts are hence accurately and easily assembled. By means of the construction employed, the motor is held from movement in all directions. When the package rests on its bottom, the weight of the motor is carried by the crossbar and reinforcing members associated therewith, while the stand and pads restrain movement of the motor about the hinge of the motor clamps. The invention can be constructed at a nominal expense, is li ht in weight, thereby reducing shipping expense, and is exceedingly strong and sturdy.

Changes in the specific form of the invention, as herein described, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent is:

1. In an outboard motor package having a carton with lateral walls and end Walls connected thereto, the combination of a wrapper extending about the motor and received in said carton, said wrapper having spaced side walls spaced from the side walls of the carton, said side walls having slots therein, a cavitation plate pad having a cavity therein receiving the cavitation plates of the motor, said pad extending through the slots in said side walls of the Wrapper and engaging the side walls of the carton, a stand comprising a U-shaped wall structure enveloping the motor drive shaft housing and skeg and a vertical pad attached to said wall structure and disposed between the propeller and skeg, said stand resting upon the bottom of the carton.

2. In an outboard motor package having a carton with lateral walls and end walls connected thereto, the combination of a wrapper extending about the motor and received within said carton, said wrapper having spaced side walls spaced from the side walls of the carton, said side walls having slots therein, a cavitation plate pad having a cavity therein receiving the cavitation plates of the motor, said pad extending through the slots in said side walls of the wrapper and engaging the side walls of the carton, a stand comprising a U-shaped wall structure enveloping the motor drive shaft housing and skeg and a vertical pad attached to said wall structure and disposed between the propeller and skeg, said stand resting upon the bottom of the carton, said vertical pad reaching up to and engaging said cavitation plate pad.

3. In a package for a vertically positioned outboard motor, said package having a carton with side walls, front and rear walls, a top and a bottom, the combination of a wrapper extending completely about the motor and received within said carton, said wrapper having side walls and front and rear walls, all resting on said bottom, the rear wall overlying and engaging the rear wall of the carton, the side walls of said wrapper being spaced from the side walls of said carton and having openings therein adjacent said rear wall, an elongated pad extending through said openings and engaging the rear wall of the wrapper and the side walls of the carton, said pad having a socket therein receiving the handle of the motor, and a supporting member for the motor extending through the wrapper and engaging the carton and on which the motor clamp is clamped.

4. In an outboard motor package having a carton with lateral walls and end walls connected thereto, the combination of a wrapper extending about the motor and re- 5 6 ceived within the carton, a bar to which the supporting portions of said pad above the slots therein, the portions motor clamp is attached, said bar extending through the of said motor drive shaft housing between the propeller Wrapper and engaging said carton, a stand comprising a and skeg, resting on said pad. U-shaped wall structure having spaced walls enveloping the motor shaft housing and skeg, said walls having verti- 5 References Cited in the file of this patent cal slots therein opening upwardly and a vertical pad hav- 7 ing vertical slots therein opening downwardly and receiv- UNITED STATES PATENTS ing the portions of said walls below the slots in said 2,791,322 Boeye May 7, 1957 U-shaped member and the slots in said walls receiving the 2,843,258 Boeye July 15, 1958 

